Celltrion Owner's Second Generation to Be Appointed as Registered Director Next Month

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] Seo Jinseok, Senior Vice President of Celltrion and eldest son of Seo Jungjin, Honorary Chairman of the Celltrion Group, will be appointed as a registered director.

According to the pharmaceutical industry on the 28th, Celltrion will propose an agenda to appoint Seo as an inside director at the regular shareholders' meeting scheduled for the 26th of next month.

Currently, Seo serves as the head of Celltrion's Product Development Division. Previously, from October 2017 to the end of March 2019, he also served as the CEO of Celltrion Skin Cure, the cosmetics affiliate of the Celltrion Group.

If the agenda is approved, Seo will become the first child of Honorary Chairman Seo to join the board of directors. Honorary Chairman Seo has two sons. The younger son, Seo Junseok, is a director at Celltrion and serves as the head of Operations Support but is an unregistered executive.

Meanwhile, Celltrion has decided to add the manufacturing, export, wholesale, and sales of cosmetics and health functional foods to its business objectives.

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